plusculus
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɫuːs.kʊ.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈplus.ku.lus]
Adjective
plūsculus (feminine plūscula, neuter plūsculum); first/second-declension adjective
- a somewhat larger amount of, a little extra
- a largish amount of, quite a lot of
- (in the plural) a fairly large number of, several
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | plūsculus | plūscula | plūsculum | plūsculī | plūsculae | plūscula | |
| genitive | plūsculī | plūsculae | plūsculī | plūsculōrum | plūsculārum | plūsculōrum | |
| dative | plūsculō | plūsculae | plūsculō | plūsculīs | |||
| accusative | plūsculum | plūsculam | plūsculum | plūsculōs | plūsculās | plūscula | |
| ablative | plūsculō | plūsculā | plūsculō | plūsculīs | |||
| vocative | plūscule | plūscula | plūsculum | plūsculī | plūsculae | plūscula | |
References
- “plusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “plusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “plusculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “plusculus” on page 1534 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)